Electrical christmas candles



July 24, 192s. Y 1,617,998

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UNITED STATES i1,617,998 PATENT OFFICE.

CHESTER T. BLiss, or MELRosE HIGHLANDs, MASSACHUSETTS, AssiGNoR To CRETLEW MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CorARTNERsHIr CoMrRisiNG LEWIS J. SAGE AND HIMSELF, 0F MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

I ELECTRICAL CHRISTMAS CANDLES.

Application led October 9. 1925. Serial No. 61,520.

VThis invention relates to an electric illuminating device, and particularly to a device adapted for use as a windowdlsplay imparting the eect of a row of lighted candles.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel and highly attractive electric `illuminating device of the character specified, which is particularly'adapted to be u sed as a window display during the Christmas season to impart the effect of a row of lighted candles without the usual fire hazard attending the use of ordinary candles when used for this purpose.

To thisv end the invention consists in the device hereinafter described and particularly defined in the claim at the end of this specification.

, In the drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the illuminating device; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional detail through the base portion of the device; Fig. 31s a bottom plan with the insulating channel cover removed; Fig. 4 is a sectional detail on line 4-'-4 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail through the upper portion of one of the socket supporting members.

Referring to the drawing, the illuminating device illustrated therein lis adapted to be used as a window display to impart the effect of a row of lighted candles, and comprises a base portion 1() preferably' of Wood and of a size adapted'to permit the deviceto be placed upon the Ordinar window sill. The base portion 10- is provi ed with a plurality of socket supportin members 12 mounted thereon and upstan ing therefrom. itsW herein shown, the socket supporting members 12 comprise hollow tubes driven into preformed holes in the upper surface of the base 10 to be secured in fixed relation thereto. The socket supporting members 12 are preferably arranged in alignment and the heights of the dierent members 12 are preferably arranged to plrovide a symmetrie eect of a series of candles of heights gradually diminishing from the central ones to the end ones in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1. lThe' upper end of each socket supporting member 12 is provided with a socket 14 adapted to receive an electric lamp 15. The sockets 14 are preferably of a-'size such as to permit s mall tapering lamps to be used, which when lighted impart the appearance of a lighted candle to the several socket supporting memi bers 12. Referring to Fig. 5 the socket 14 is illustrated as secured in a lug 16 driven into the upper end of the soc et supporting member or tube 12.v

The wiring for the several lamp sockets 14 preferably includes a plug 18 of standard construction and wiring 2O extended through a hole in one end of the base portion 10 and through a channel 22 in the bottom lof the base 10.4 The Iwiring 20 is arranged to extend upwardly through each of the hollow tubes 12 and preferably to connect the several lamp sockets 14 in. series. The channel 22' is preferably closed by an insulating cover 24`which may be conveniently tacked to the bottom of the base 10.

1 From the description thus far, iti-will be' l observed that in accordance with the present inventionvan illuminating device is provided which maybe placed upon the ordinary window sill so that the several lamps 15 and socket supporting members 12 will be visible from the exterior of the house through the Window, and will impa-rt the appearance of a series or row of lighted candles. The present device while serving all of the purposes for which the ordinary tallow candles have heretofore been used, at the same time avoids thefire risk incident tol the open candleflame. It is a fact that at Christmas time many fires have resulted from the use of candles displayed in windows because of the liability of curtains and overhangings It has beenbeing blown into the flame. found that by using lamps 15 of relatively small voltage, such for example as fifteen volts, eightof the lamps 15 can be used in series. in the ordinary4 house-lighting circuit carrying a current of approximately 110 volts, and this small voltage for each lamp 1 5 enables it to be made suiiiciently small to have the shape and height of the llame of a candle and also enables the supporting members 1 2 to be made of a diameter ofthe body portion of the Ordinar the result that the combined e ect of the supporting member 12 and the smalltapering lamp1 15 is that of the ordinary tallow can e.

candle, withcontemplates an illuminating device partic- Y upon and adapted for use as a window display,

ularl y desired to, limit the invention it is not thereto. D

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed isz 'An illuminating device voft the character described, comprising an elongated substantially flat portable base capable of being Set supported by the sill of a wlndow and provided with a wire-receiving chamber and having in its upper surface a plurality of openings spaced apart and communicatinU with said Wire-receiving chamber, a pluraity of tubular members i of diiferent\ lengths inserted into the openings lin said hollow base and projected upwardly from the latter, socket-supporting members 1nserted into said hollow tubular members and' connected with the wires in the.' chamber in said base, and relatively small tapering lamps of low voltage in said sockets, said tubular members being arranged to decrease in length in opposite directions from the center of the base toward the ends thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specication.

CHESTER T, BLISS. 

